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11
September
AM
At the North Rock clearing, two Leopards, Whitecloth and her cub,
were seen. Whitecloth was resting in a tree while her cub was
resting on a termite mound.
Two male Cheetahs were spotted resting at Quarantine.
At Mluwanini a breeding herd of Buffalo were moving in an easterly
direction.
Four elephant bulls were seen at the Fig Tree area.
Five lions were at Hyena Dam where they had killed a Wildebeest.
They still consisted of the Buffelshoek pride and the Kudu Corner
female.
PM
A female leopard, Karula, was at Twin Dams calling and moving
South.
Six Rhinos were seen this afternoon at Kudu corner, moving west.
There was one male and five females.
A breeding herd of Buffalo was also seen on the drive.
A relaxed Honey Badger was seen north of Kudu corner.
12
September
AM
The Buffelshoek Pride of Lions was seen again, this time sleeping
at Cobus se Dam.
At Cheetah Plains, a Rhino cow and her calf were spotted.
PM
At Tortoise Pan a Rhino bull was sharpening his horn and feeding.
The Buffelshoek pride, four lions, was found feeding on an Elephant
bull that had recently died. There was very little eaten from
the carcass and would be a predator hot-spot for the next 2 weeks..
A breeding herd of Buffalo were at Rhino Pan sleeping.
13
September
AM
Five Lions were seen this morning from the Sandy Patch and the
Buffelshoek Pride feeding on the Elephant carcass..
At Cheetah Cutline a breeding herd of Buffalo were seen.
PM
Once again, five Lions, Buffelshoek Pride and Sandy Patch, were
seen this afternoon.
14/09/06
AM
An eventful morning at Quarantine. Three Leopards were seen there;
the son and daughter of Beacon as well as another female Leopard,
Karula. Karula was snarling at the other two Leopards, with a
Hyena watching closely. They later moved off in opposite directions.
We stayed with the 2 siblings and followed them into the Mluwathi
riverbed where they played for ages. We haven't seen these two
together in months but stood their ground against the older and
larger female, Karula.
14
September
PM
At Bush Lodge the Styx Pride, five Lions, were hunting Buffalo
and roaring. There was also a breeding herd of Elephants feeding
at the waterhole.
A breeding herd of Buffalo were at Djuma Dam.
16
September
AM
Five Lions were spotted. Four, Buffelshoek Pride at Elephant Kill
and one Sandy Patch Lion was at Cobus se Dam.
At Big Dam two Cheetah males were found stalking a herd of Impala.
They used their numbers to form an ambush and within minutes were
undirected on either side of the herd. They attacked together
and were successful.
PM
Three male Lions, Buffelshoek Pride, were West of Cobus se Dam
at the Elephant Kill feeding.
Four bull Elephants were dinking at Kudu Corner.
Two female Lions, Styx Pride, were sleeping at Tree House Dam.
17
September
AM
At Hornbill Nest two Rhino bulls were feeding.
Three Buffalo bulls were spotted at Bush Lodge an six were seen
at Kudu Corner.
PM
A Leopard, Whitecloth's cub, was sleeping at Euphorbia big trees.
The Styx Pride were seen, one female Lion was at Djuma Dam and
six females were seen at Gowrie main road.
18
September
AM
The Buffelshoek Pride, four Lions, was at Cobus se Dam moving
north.
On Cheetah Cutline, there were three Buffalo bulls and two Rhino
bulls.
PM
A female Leopard, Karula, was at the Braai site at Vuyatela, where
it had killed an Impala.
North of Three Pans two Elephant bulls were seen and at Djuma
Dam a breeding herd of Buffalo were drinking.
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